Thoughts on Youth Soccer from a Soccer Dad, Fan, Coach and Administrator

Thank you for your interest in sponsoring On The Pitch. On The Pitch reaches a broad soccer audience from the most fanatical soccer fans to parents and coaches of young soccer players. If you’re looking to expose your product or service to not only soccer fans, but coaches and players too, then On The Pitch sponsorship is for you.

Our site is seen by over 5,500 visitors a month, viewing 9,500+ pages, and commenting on over 750 articles.

If you are interested in advertising on On The Pitch, you have a number of options:

Text Links ($40/month) – You can purchase a text-link ad, which will display a link to your website with link text of your choosing in the premiere upper left position of our site. One of the main benefits of a text link ad, besides click-throughs, is it provides your site with a valuable backlink which can help improve your search engine exposure as part of an overall SEO strategy.

Text Link Ads are paid for monthly and do not rotate – they are shown on every page within On The Pitch. A maximum of 10 text link ads are accepted at any given time ensuring your link stands out and is not lost in a long list. To purchase a Text Link Ad, do the following:

Click Member Login at the top and then Become A Member (if you don’t already have an account)

Once you have created your account and logged in, click here and you will be prompted to add our site to your cart. It’s that easy! Your ad will appear as soon as we are notified and approve of its content, usually within 24-48 hours.

NEW! You can also place your text links into our RSS feed! Simply check ‘Include’ for RSS Ads and your ad will also appear in all stories read by our most loyal readers who read our site via RSS. This service is an additional $40/month per ad.

Lock in this low rate today! Our Text Link Ad rates will likely go up within the next few months. Any ad orders placed and maintained before the increase will continue at the locked in low rate for as long as the ad runs.

NEW! Feedvertising ($30/month) – This exciting new advertising opportunity ensures your ad is seen by our most dedicated readers. Many blog readers ‘subscribe’ to blogs with RSS readers which function like an email client. As blogs update with new content, the stories appear in their reader as ‘new’ where they can select and read it without visiting the site to read each story. Feedvertising will put your text based ad at the end of every story, ensuring maximum visibility to our most loyal readers. To place an ad in our RSS feed, do the following:

Click Member Login at the top and then Become A Member (if you don’t already have an account)

Once you have created your account and logged in, click here and you will be prompted to add our site to your cart. It’s that easy! Once you compose your RSS ad, it will appear as soon as we are notified and approve of its content, usually within 24-48 hours.

BlogAds Ad Network ($30-$240/month) – BlogAds allow you to purchase a variety of ad sizes in our sidebar with graphics and text. From the tall Hi-Rise to the Mini, these ads are run through one of the largest blog ad networks there is. We offer space in two locations: In the upper left hand corner of our site, we reserve space for one ‘premium’ ad, sure to be seen by all of our visitors. Farther down the sidebar are our normal BlogAds spaces (up to 6) which can be purchased via BlogAds here. Prices vary by ad size and location. Ads are displayed on every page on our site. BlogAds has some example ads to give you an idea of what can be done in this format.

Banner Ads ($45/month) – 468×60 banner ads are a good way to improve brand awareness as well as generate click throughs to your site. Banner ads are shown after the 2nd, 7th, and 12th story of all story browsing pages (including the main page) and after every story before the comments. As a banner ad sponsor, you will receive a personal login page where you can view statistics and update the banners that are part of your campaign. A maximum of 10 banner ads may rotated at any given time, increasing your exposure. Banners must be 468×60 in optimized GIF/JPEG format. Animations are permitted. We can also to HTML and text based ads. To book a banner ad slot, contact us via email. We accept payment via Paypal (preferred), check, or USPS money order. Amounts are in USD.

Tower Ads ($85/month) – Tower ads can really draw a readers attention due to their size. Tower ads are shown on every page in the left sidebar and are available in two sizes. 160×240 Tower ads will appear directly below the Text Link Ad box on all pages. This ensures your ad is usually seen upon the initial page load. 160×600 Tower ads are bigger and are placed approximately halfway down the sidebar on most pages. This placement often results in the 160×600 tower ads being visible when a reader has finished reading an article, increasing the odds the ad will be noticed. As a tower ad sponsor, you will receive a personal login page where you can view statistics and update the tower ads that are part of your campaign. A maximum of 6 tower ads may rotate at any given time, increasing your exposure. Tower ads must be either 160×240 or 160×600 in optimized GIF/JPEG format, or text/HTML based. Animations are permitted. To book a tower ad slot, contact us via email. We accept payment via Paypal (preferred), check, or USPS money order. Amounts are in USD.

Google AdWords – You can also advertise via Google’s AdWords program. These popular text ads are displayed in the following locations:

5 rotating ads within the left sidebar in a Skyscraper format

Rotating banner ads which appear between stories on the main page (twice) and in the middle of longer stories (twice). The banners only display once for shorter stories.

The Google ads will be shown in all three places if no other advertising is available. If custom banner and tower campaigns are underway, AdWords ads only will appear within most articles that are longer than a page (at the top when users click ‘Read More’). You can target a Google AdWords ad for this site and it will be displayed frequently based on your ad campaign settings. To create an AdWords ad that will display on On The Pitch, do the following: